From cbc.ca

For many Canadians, the tapping of cellphone keypads will replace the traditional New Year’s kiss.

Canadians are expected to send a record-breaking 50 million text messages on the evening of Dec. 31, according to Virgin Mobile Canada.

Text messaging is popular with young people on special occasions.Text messaging is popular with young people on special occasions.
(CBC)

Last year’s New Year’s Eve text message tally was around 25 million.

On an average day in 2007, Canadians sent about 31.5 million text messages, the company says.

“There’s no doubt about it — we’re becoming complete text maniacs and we get right into it on big occasions,” says company spokesman Nathan Rosenberg.

“Whenever we celebrate, people love to express how they feel with a text message. New Year’s Eve is the climax of that frenzy,” he says.

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